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While the Chinese Independence Army was in a state of turmoil and reorganizing its troops, Hou Taiyuan's pirate fleet had already ambushed the waters where the Peruvian fleet passed.
"General, they are coming." Behind a desert island, Li Han reminded Hou Taiyuan in a low voice.
As per the information provided by Wang Yongtian, this time the fleet consisted of five merchant ships and two wooden sail frigates, with the two frigates guarding the merchant ship in the middle.
"Brothers, get ready, let go of the frigates in front, and concentrate your ships to kill the frigates behind."
"Follow your orders." Four pirate ships, one large, three small, quickly pulled up their triangular sails, ready to attack at any time.
In the Peruvian fleet, the person responsible for buying and selling Chinese was Lou Stuart's crony, Manuel. This time, he personally escorted the Chinese workers from Cuba under the order of Peruvian President Luo.
"Major Medellin, how long does it take to reach the coast?" Manuel asked the commander of the fleet on the frigate Victory.
The two frigates are Victory and Jenny, two small frigates of the Colombian Caribbean Fleet.
After negotiation between the President of Peru and the Colombian government, Medellin commanded two frigates and two main warships to take charge of the task of escorting the Chinese. The two main warships left with the merchant ships in front, and Medellin also had two frigates and
Five merchant ships.
"We can arrive at Tipana tomorrow, and then you can disembark from there and arrive at Jurado Port via land. Finally, you can change ships and leave Colombia," Medellin said.
Medellin didn't say much, and after Manuel asked the question, he didn't say anything again.
The Huagong fleet entered Hou Taiyuan's attack range. Hou Taiyuan was about to order an attack. At this time, a pirate fleet composed of seven or eight small boats suddenly appeared. The boats were all filled with black pirates armed with knives and guns.
"General, he is a pirate under Babu." Li Han had good eyesight and was the first to recognize the identity of the pirate who suddenly appeared.
"Damn it, that damn nigger is trying to steal our business again."
A sailor on the ship said angrily.
Babu is the leader of the black pirates. He has a cruel temperament and often tortures the captives he captures to death. Therefore, Hou Taiyuan's group of pirates are very dissatisfied with their behavior, and the two pirates also have unpleasant conflicts.
"Don't worry, everyone, let them rush out first to test each other's strength, and then we'll rush out again."
Hou Taiyuan was not confident about attacking a caravan escorted by warships, so he decided in advance to let go of the frigate in front and severely damage the frigate behind, forcing the warship to leave.
The sudden appearance of Babu's group of pirates just solved Hou Taiyuan's problem. It would be a good way to use them to consume the defense force of the Peruvian fleet.
Hou Taiyuan's words calmed everyone's restless emotions, and the four pirate ships were on standby, waiting for the Peruvian fleet and the Babu pirate gang to both be injured before attacking again.
On the pirate ship that was sailing ahead, the black pirate leader Babu excitedly waved the sword in his hand and shouted to urge his men to approach the Peruvian fleet.
"Pirate attack." The sudden appearance of pirates alarmed the Colombian sailors on the warship.
"The left rudder is full, the cannon is out, and all personnel are in place immediately." The black pirate's boat rushed towards the fleet like an arrow from the string, and Medellin loudly ordered the warships to fight against the enemy.
The small boat modified from the Polynesian ocean-going canoe is the standard equipment of Caribbean pirates. Just like the AK47 in the hands of later terrorists, this kind of small boat is easy to obtain materials and simple to manufacture, and is deeply loved by pirates all over the world.
A minute later, the pirate ship that Barbu was on traveled to a distance of two thousand meters from the Victory. At this time, the Peruvian fleet quickly completed its formation. Five merchant ships sailed westward to avoid pirate attacks. The Jenny sailed from back to forward to cover.
The merchant ship Victory turned its sails and directly faced the pirate ship where Babu was.
"Boom, boom," the two warships fired one after another, and more than a dozen shells were fired at the speeding pirates, but they did not hit a single pirate ship.
The eight pirate ships have a small hull area and are difficult to attack. The shells fired by two warships in the vast sea area are not enough to form a covering strike range.
After a round of shelling, the distance between the two fleets narrowed to within a thousand meters.
"Musketeers prepare," the black pirates arrived within a hundred meters of the warship in a blink of an eye. At this time, the lethality of the artillery on the warship was reduced, and the two sides began to fight at close range.
Medellin calmly ordered "shoot." Thirty musketeers on the Victory fired alternately, and the pirates approaching the warship began to suffer casualties.
The black pirates withstood the initial casualties and arrived at the hull of the Victory.
Three black pirates rushed onto the deck of the Victory along the side of the ship and occupied a small area. With their muskets and swords, they resisted the attack of the sailors on the warship.
Black pirates continued to swarm the Victory and Jenny warships, while the warship sailors retreated steadily in orderly formation.
Babu did not expect to board the two warships so easily, and happily showed his white front teeth.
The surrounding black pirates gathered around Babu, constantly compressing the area occupied by the twenty or so sailors on the deck.
Most of the pirates followed Babu aboard the Victory. Compared with more than a hundred pirates and more than 20 sailors, Babu's side had an overwhelming advantage.
Just when Babu was about to pursue the victory and completely eliminate the sailors on the ship, something unexpected happened. Groups of soldiers continued to pour out of the Victory ship, and dense bullets hit the pirates, immediately causing a large number of casualties.
"I've been fooled." Babu reacted and ignored the remaining pirates on the ship. He turned around and pushed away a pirate in front of him. He quickly jumped off the warship and fled in a hurry with a dozen pirates.
After dealing with the pirates on the ship, Medellin and Manuel walked out of the ship's cabin and came to the deck that had not yet been cleared.
"Twenty-one pirates were killed, fifty-three were captured, seven of our party were injured, and no one was killed," the first mate of the Victory reported.
"Has the pirate leader been caught?"
"No, let him run away."
"Forget it, a little pirate leader just ran away."
The statistics of the Jenny's battle results have not yet been sent, but according to Medellin's estimation, the number of pirates wiped out in total should be more than a hundred. With this contribution, Medellin is likely to be promoted to a lieutenant colonel.
"Major Medellin defeated the pirates and protected the safety of the fleet. On behalf of the workers on the merchant ship, I would like to express my gratitude to the people." Noting Medellin's joy after winning, Manuel expressed his gratitude to him in a timely manner.
"You're welcome, your Excellency. It is my duty to protect the safety of merchant ships." Medellin said.
"Major, what do you plan to do with these captured pirates?
Medellin glanced at the captured pirates. Except for a few injured ones, the rest were all strong men.
"To be honest, Major, the Chinese laborers in Peru are in rebellion and there is a shortage of laborers, so I want to buy these pirate captives to work as miners."
"I can sell you the captives, but I hope you will cooperate more with me regarding this battle."
"I understand that Major Medellin wiped out five hundred pirates, and all the pirates he killed sank into the sea."
"Haha, happy working together." Medellin smiled and shook hands with Manuel.
With Manuel's testimony, and using the money from selling prisoners to bribe his superiors, the promotion of military rank is almost complete.
